FISHES OF THE BERMUDA ISLANDS. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 

 MALTHEIDiE. 



MALTHE VESPERTILIO, [Linn.) Cm., subspecies VESPERTILIO. 



Devil-fish. 



Lophius fronte uniconil, Lixne, Mas. Ad. Fried. 1, 1754, 55. — Autedi. Syn. Pise. 1788, 88. 



Guaperva, Bkowx, Hist. Jamaica, 1756, 457, pi. 48, f. 3. 



Bana jyiscafrix americana, Seba, Lociip. Rer. Nat. Thes. Desc. 1, 1758, 118, tali. Ixxiv, f. 2. 



Lophius vespertiUo, LinnJ;, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1, 1758, 236, ed. 12, 1, 1766, 402. — Gmelix, 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. 1, 1783, 480 (jjar^iw).— Blqch, Icbtb. iv, 1787, 8, taf. ex. (on 

 a drawing by Pliimier). — Sciixeideu, Blocb, Sjst. Icbtb. 1801, 140. — Lace- 

 p^DE, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 1, 1798, 302-315. 



Mahhe veapertUlo, Cuvier, Regne Auiin. 1817. — Muller &. Troschel in Sebombnrgk, 

 Hist. Barbados, 1848, 678.— GCnther, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mus. iii, 1861, 200 {par- 

 «m).— POEY, Mem. ii, 1861, 382; Rep. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 1868, 40G.— Cope, 

 Trans. Am. Pbil. Soe. 1870, 480. — Gill in Baird'.s Rep. Sea Fisberies of New 

 England, 1873, 792. 



Malthea vespertiUo, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. xii, 1837, 440. — Storkr, Syn. Fisb. N. 

 Amer. 1846, 131.— Gill, Cat. Fisb. E. Coast N. Amer. 1861, 47.— Lutkex, Nat. 

 Foren. Vid. Med. 1865, 5. 



Malthwa vespertiUo, DeKay, New York Fauna, Fisb, 1842, 452. 



A single specimen of this species was noticed in the collection of Mr. 

 John T. Bartram, of Stocks Poiut, Saint George's Island. It is recorded 

 from various points iu the West Indies. Dr. Giinther has united all 

 described species, except Malthe euM/rons, Richardson, under the name 

 Malthe vespertiUo. The species thus limited is very variable in respect 

 to the length of snout, which in some individuals equals one-sixth of 

 the entire length of the fish, in others reduced to one-twentieth or one 

 twenty-fifth. Professor Liitken recognizes three species within these 

 limits; Malthe vespertiUo, represented by the synonymy given above ; 



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